English Explanatory Dictionary

Dufour's gland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An abdominal gland in certain insects, part of the anatomy of the ovipositor or sting apparatus in female members of Apocrita.

Word forms

Dufour's gland Dufour's glands

Etymology

First described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

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